Not what I expected ! First appointment...

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Arjoshe wrote:

So I live in Sweden, I finally had my first

appointment! I was counting the days (I’m currently 9w5d) anyway, it was very disappointing. It was more paper than anything, they checked my weight thou, and my blood pressure anything else. I got the chance to get an early ultrasound (on two weeks) I would be 12w by then.. she said that normally the first ultrasound it’s when I’m 20weeks, I just think it’s a long time !! God !! Well, they are going to take blood test on two weeks, but they didn’t check my body, or a blood test to check if I’m really pregnant or if the baby is there growing, I don’t know if I’m paranoid, I guess I have to calm down and wait.

I'm in the US, and this time around my doctor is doing waaaaay less than in my first pregnancy. My HCG and progesterone have never been checked. I did have an ultrasound earlier this week at 7+3, but I won't get another until 20 weeks.

I think what you're experiencing is actually pretty standard anywhere but the US. If you think about it, there's really nothing you can do if your HCG isn't doubling like it's supposed to or if the baby isn't growing like it should. It's just a waiting game.

...but it's thrilling to see baby on the ultrasound screen! It's hard to wait for that!

I’m in England. I had my first midwife appointment today as well. They did a few tests but it was to check for sickle cell, hiv, Syphyllis, iron levels, and thallessemia (sorry, about spelling) and I also did a urinalysis. And measured my blood pressure (which was high)

They said they won’t do a scan until I’m 12-14 weeks pregnant either. And as far as I know, they don’t even know 100%if I’m pregnant as they haven’t tested for that. All I’ve done is an at home pregnancy test. So fingers crossed upcoming scan is a good one.

(Also thinking about maybe paying for an early viability scan as I found a few options on Groupon)

I am in the US and the (Not very nice) nurse at my Dr. office told me it would be a waste of time and money for both me and the office to do a blood test to "prove" pregnancy she said the at home test was good enuff. Exactly what a first time pregnant woman wants to hear at 6 weeks!

With my first, they saw me at 9 weeks. Had a vaginal ultrasound, Pap smear, paperwork, had blood drawn, blood pressure check, weight check, checked the position of my uterus. Then I heard the heartbeat at my next apt. (11 weeks).

With this one, they won’t see me until I’m 11 weeks so I’m very anxious. They don’t have an ultrasound scheduled either so I’m not sure what to expect but I’m sure they’ll do the typical blood pressure and weight checks. Just counting down the days till I go in and confirm this pregnancy and make sure that baby #2 is healthy.

wow! I cant believe the nurse said that. I’m in the US and they checked everything. They did a full blood work at 4 weeks. Checked my HCG and progesterone and gave me an US at 8 weeks. Next US is at 20weeks. But today we did NIPT. Cant wait to know the gender. 😄